Recipe - Orange Bread Pudding With Warm Maple Sauce

3 Eggs
2 Egg whites
1 Three fourths cup Milk
1/3 cup Orange marmalade
One fourth cup Sugar
One half teaspoon Ground cinnamon
One half teaspoon Vanilla
4 sl Dry bread cut into 2"
strips; (about 3 cups)
1/3 cup Raisins

MAPLE SAUCE
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
One fourth teaspoon Finely shredded orange peel
Three fourths cup Orange juice
1/3 cup Maple syrup
2 tablespoon Margarine or butter

In a medium mixing bowl use a wire whisk or a fork to beat together the
eggs, the egg whites, milk, orange marmalade, sugar, ground cinnamon, and
vanilla till combined. Place bread strips in an ungreased 81/2inch round
baking dish. Sprinkle raisins over bread. Pour egg mixture over all. Bake
pudding in a 325' oven for 35 to 40 minutes or till a knife inserted near
the center comes Out clean. Cool slightly on a wire rack. Serve pudding
warm with Maple Sauce and orange slices. Makes 6 servings. Maple Sauce: In
a small saucepan combine 1 tablespoon cornstarch and One fourth teaspoon finely
shredded orange peel. Stir in Three fourths cup orange juice and 1/3 cup maple Syrup.
Cook and stir the maple syrup mixture till thickened and bubbly. Cook and
stir for 2 minutes more. Remove the saucepan from heat and stir in 2
teaspoons margarine or butter. Serve sauce warm over orange bread pudding.
Makes 1 cup.

NOTES : Use old bread that has started to dry out or toast fresh bread
strips in a 300 degree oven for about 15 minutes to dry.
Recipe by: Better Homes and Gardens, October 1993 p. 154

Posted to recipeludigest by "Lynn Ratcliffe" mcgrew@ntr.net on Mar 28,
1998